Here is the latest round-up of some of the cases at Blackpool Magistrates Court.

A man has made his first appearance at court charged with using an internet message board to incite another man to rape a nine-year- old girl.

Gary Marshall, 51, of Burnside, Fleetwood, was remanded in custody and sent for trial at Preston Crown Court where he will appear on October 18.

Marshall is also accused of sexually assaulting a girl under the age of 13 in Cleveleys.He also faces two allegations of making indecent images of children and two offences of distributing indecent images of children.

Casandra Woodfield, 28, theft

A woman who used a huge amount of heroin a day said she had been forced to commit crimes by a man she owed money to for drugs.

Casandra Woodfield, who was described as using 12 to 13 bags of heroin a day, said the man had sent her out to steal, locked her in a flat and taken her bank cards from her.

Woodfield, 28, of Westmorland Avenue, Blackpool, pleaded guilty to three offences of theft.

She was sentenced to a 12-month community order with up to 35 days rehabilitation to be supervised by the probation service, put on nine-month drugs rehabilitation, fined £25 and ordered to pay £295 compensation.

Prosecutor, Pam Smith, said Woodfield stole two bottles of whisky valued at £50 from Sainsbury’s on June 29, and the same day stole DVD box sets costing £95 from HMV.

She also stole meat costing £200 for Marks and Spencer on September 2.